Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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1.909 WES TF I E L D .Y 0 18.11,-1 L. 1:7 Then the old man ninety years of age. with a beard way down to here, said, I think that is all there were in the class: of course these arc all you care to hear about. He wa.s pretty weak as we had been standing during' the recital but our enthu- e P siasm over-balanced our fatigue, so we did not feel any Hill ef- fects. I then asked him what we might do in return for his kindness and to show our great appreciation. He exclaimed. '4Sing! young' ladies. sing I It is ages since I heard music from a human voice, and that is the cnly recompense I shall accept for my servicesfl IN'e seemed to realize controversy would be useless as with open eyes and vacant expressions we looked at each other and exclaimed, sing! Then Helen breathlessly whispered. for Petals sake Margaret what will we sing. Dreamily I added. The Seven Time Prilzciplcs''-''11.s.sociut1'm1 and sugges- tion, working together so powerfully I could not bring reu- souw or Htlzouglziw' to my assistance. Taking my stage whisper as an inspiration Helen began with a full, round quarter note do and faintly I joined her in the rest. XVe had finished but as the last echo died out in Gillett's woods we saw the old man totter and fall, looking tragic and trying to tell us he was dy- ing. XVe then sent for Alice NN'hitney as she could and would un- tertake anything and she disposed of the body. promising se- crecy. NVe never dared to tell it until today we give up the se- cret as we find ourselves among our friends and the breath of their divine protection hovering over us. Somewhere in the dis- tance methinks I hear Alice say, 'CI went to Westfield Normal School. No! I know she won 't tell. And let us today bury our secret for life eternally. Amen! HELEN T. How.xRD, IXIARGARET I. LEAHY.

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If WESTFIELD NOIUIAL. 190.0 that she is never lacking a large and appreciative audience of children. Pearl Smith had become a manufacturer of dyes and was herself the chief werkman in the house and though she had taken a trip to England. and an earl there had tried to establish her in that country, his efforts were futile, for Pearl loved this side of the water too much and came back for good to her dye- ing and her fIyrrs. Tryphena Bickfcrd had become a dealer in fraternity pins, and now mine could believe that she had all the forms and makes she spoke of. She had also since her school days written a book which rivalled that of Paul Leicester Ford's 'Wkianted a Chap- erone as 'l'ryphena's had the title, 'tThe Chaperone lflimi- natedf' It is needless-to say that the book won great favor with the younger set. But. oh! horrors! we gasped when we found that Anna May Stockwell was still at NYesttield Normal. Then 1 asked, 'WVhat has she been doing there all this time, and the old man replied that when she left the '09 Class she went abroad, being so greatly inspired by what one of our kind teachers was always requesting us to see if we should get the opportunity to go abroad that she could not resist, and spent the rest of her money in travel, with the exception of the sum that was to give the finishing touches to her course. Anna was always slow, but she got there just the same. Last, but not least, came the story of our class president, Stella. Vitty, better known as Mandy. NVe all knew that after graduation Stella' went to Englewood, N. J., to teach, but we did not know that she had gone there for the express purpose of tak- ing lessons in Normal training in New York, so that in a few months she might become instructor in that line at Dartmouth. But the trustees of the college did not allow her to remain very long in this pleasing position, for Stella did nothing but Nick everything with which she came in contact, and finally the place had become quite degenerated and all classes were forsaken but that of manual training. Poor Stella! She was obliged to leave, and in sorrow went out to Kalamazoo, Mich., where .she became the HSf!I:'l'H matron of an old maids' home, where never a word of sarcasm was to he heard. and where Stella reigned supreme.

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16' lVESTFIELD NORMAL. 1909 0115155 lgiatnrg Given- T11 ursday, June 17, 1909, at the Banquet. BY SEPTA LYNN. NE of the most noteworthy events of modern history oc- curred on September 12, 1907. On that date the Class of 1909 of the 1Vestfield Normal School entered this fa- mous institution of learning. Our aim in coming here was the same as other classes have had and will have, namely,- a. desire to manipulate the ruler and to learn how it may be done most effectively. Although we came into existence in much the same way as other classes there was one important difference for which we were very grateful, and we hope the same privilege may be ac- corded to all classes of this school hereafter. Former classes, be- fore entering, were obliged to take examinations as a test- of the knowledge they had already acquired. In place of these, we were allowed to submit certificates of our high standing in the various high schools from which we came. Needless to say, we availed ourselves of the opportunity, excepting a few who desired to show that examinations could not frighten them. Now that almost two years have passed it is hard to tell what our first impressions were, but this much can be said: Vxlhatever they were, they were supplied by the seniors who, the evening before school opened, took great pains to give us a very clear concept of each member of the faculty, with the traits of character of each, also various suggestions as to how to get on the 'fright side of them. Mr. Allyn should not have blamed us